After the three of them went ashore, the first thing was the commander of the Marine Corps, Battalion Commander Zhu Yaping, who had gone ashore in advance, and reported to the headquarters the results of the preliminary count.

It is impossible to count the number of enemy troops killed in this battle, because many soldiers sank with the warships, and the number of soldiers captured and surrendered by the Eight-Nation Coalition reached 2,898, including 822 in Britain, 653 in Germany, 485 in Russia, 367 in France, 356 in the United States, 155 in Italy, 33 in Japan, and 27 in Austria-Hungary.

There are more than 150 large and medium-caliber guns of various kinds on the Dagukou Fort, most of which are German-made Krupp guns, namely: 8 280 mm guns, 16 220 mm guns, 48 120 mm guns, and 64 100 mm guns.

In addition, there were 372 rifles, more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition, about 35,000 kilograms of grain, about 18,000 kilograms of forage, 16 war horses, and 25 donkeys. Of course, these supplies were collected from the coalition headquarters and barracks, and the ships that surrendered have not yet been counted.

Hearing the number of prisoners, the three of them were greatly surprised, no one expected that nearly three thousand prisoners would be captured in this battle, not counting the prisoners captured in the last naval battle, which had already surpassed all the military personnel of the crossing fleet.

Fortunately, more than 35,000 kilograms of grain were seized, at least temporarily ensuring that the prisoners had enough food, otherwise it would be a headache for the three of them to eat just for more than 3,000 people.

Xia Bohai smiled bitterly and said, "I knew that there would be so many prisoners, so it would be better to sink all these warships, at least we can count fewer prisoners." ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, " That's not necessarily, these ships are all we can use in the future, but now we have found more than 30,000 kilograms of grain, at least enough for 15 to 20 days of food, and there must be other food materials on the ship, how can it be enough to support about a month, and the food carried by our ships is also enough for 20 days to a month, which leaves us enough time to move, and these more than 3,000 people are good laborers, we will be able to use them sooner or later, and in the future negotiations with the imperialists, these people are a big bargaining chip。 ”

Xia Bohai waved his hand and said, "Old Qin, I know what you said, I just said casually, anyway, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, but going ashore is the first step, and there is still a long road in the future?"

Qin Zheng said: "Yes, it is far from enough to rely on our soldiers now, and it will take a while to recruit people from this era, and now we can only hope for the crew of the three passenger ro-ro ships." ”

There were about 2,670 military personnel who crossed the fleet, of which only more than 1,000 were marines, and the rest were all naval soldiers on various warships.

Xiao Jianjun said: "Now we can only count on them, I just hope that they will not collapse immediately after knowing the news that they have crossed, otherwise our trouble will be even greater." ”

At this time, Xia Bohai turned to Zhu Yaping again and said, "Battalion commanders, how many troops are we still using now?"

Zhu Yaping thought for a while and said, "At most, three companies can be dispatched, and there will be no more manpower here." Now we have too many places to guard, and we have to watch these prisoners and warships, fortunately there are still armored troops, otherwise I am afraid that not even a company can be sent. ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Then dispatch two marine companies, a mortar company, and a hovercraft to Hejiawan Village to help them." I will send some soldiers from the Kunming and Yueyang ships ashore to assist you in your work. ”

Zhu Yaping immediately said: "Yes." ”

Xia Bohai said again: "There may not be too many battles on the sea in the future, and the battles on land will require more efforts from your marines. ”

Zhu Yaping said: "It can be arranged in the original headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army stationed in Dagukou, just on the dock, close to our warship, and there is a built military camp on the side of the fort, so that the soldiers can live in the barracks. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, then let's go and have a look." ”

At this moment, I saw a soldier hurrying over, and when he saw everyone, he immediately saluted: "Report to the battalion commanders, the Qin battalion commander asked me to report, and found a large number of prisoners in the barracks, all of them Chinese, and there seemed to be soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division inside." After a pause, he said: "There are also many women who seem to be used as military prostitutes by the Eight-Nation Alliance." ”

Xia Bohai was stunned and said, "Are there any Chinese prisoners?"

Qin Zheng said: "In this way, you go to the headquarters first, I will go to see the situation of these prisoners, if there are ordinary Chinese people among them, let them go, if there are soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division, we will go to a useful place." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "That's fine, Lao Qin will go to see us and we can rest assured, but even if it is an ordinary person, it is best to stay some, we will need a lot of manpower in the future, of course, it must be voluntary." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I will deal with it at my discretion, but since there are still women, it is best to transfer a few female soldiers from the Kunming ship, and some things will be handled by female soldiers, which is also more convenient." ”

Because of the high degree of informatization of modern warships, the living environment on the ships has been greatly improved, and the physical work required has been greatly reduced, and female soldiers are even more competitive than male soldiers in some positions, such as communications, radar, information, etc., so the navies of modern countries have widely increased the number of female soldiers on board ships, and the Chinese Navy has generally used female soldiers on ships, with 12 female soldiers on board the Kunming ship, seven female soldiers on the Yueyang and Sanya ships, and female soldiers on the Changbaishan and Taihu ships. Now it's just right to use.

It turned out that after the Eight-Nation Coalition captured the Dagukou Fort, they did not leave prisoners, because the strength of the Eight-Nation Coalition at that time was not much, only more than 1,000 people, and it was impossible to divide troops to guard the prisoners, and to keep the prisoners to provide them with food and drink, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Army at that time did not have so many supplies. However, with the subsequent increase in the investment of troops in various countries, the number of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army increased greatly, and the materials could be supplied by Japan, which was fully guaranteed.

However, with the increase in the number of troops, the need for logistics personnel will naturally increase. Some of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces brought their own logistical armies, such as Britain, the United States, and France, because these three countries all had their own colonies in the Asian region, and the logistical armies were actually served by colonial residents; Britain's colonies were in India, and the logistical armies were Indians; the US colonies were in the Philippines, and the logistical armies were selected from among the Filipino maids; the French colonies were in the Indochina Peninsula, mainly Vietnam, and the logistical armies were naturally composed of monkeys, on the contrary, the troops of their own countries were in the minority.

But not all countries have colonies in Asia, such as Japan, Russia, and Germany, which have the largest troop contributions, so they can only rely on the capture of Chinese to pay for logistics, and the eight-nation coalition forces have captured more than 10,000 Chinese civilians or captured Qing soldiers.

Although the main force of the Eight-Nation Coalition is now in Beijing, Dagukou is the anchorage of the coalition warships, and a large number of materials are moved up and down every day, so a large amount of labor is needed, so the Eight-Nation Coalition left more than 800 prisoners in Dagukou to carry goods for the coalition forces. Because Dagukou was originally a fortress-style barracks, and houses were built that could be used for soldiers to live in, these prisoners were all imprisoned in the barracks.

The soldiers and crews stationed on the ships stationed at Dagukou usually had nothing to do, and often went to the nearby villages to rob prisoners, and in addition to looting property, they would always bring back some young women and leave them on the warships for the soldiers of the coalition forces to vent. So far, a total of 1560 women have been arrested. Because there were too many people, they couldn't live on the warship, so they were all placed in the barracks and managed in a unified manner.

Of course, Qin Zheng understood Xia Bohai's thoughts, it was impossible to achieve anything big in this era with only five or six thousand people crossing the fleet, and the people of this era must be mobilized. These captives captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance can be used as the first batch of people in this time and space to join the Crossing Fleet, because it was the Crossing Fleet that saved them.

The soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division are also equally useful, although the crossing fleet can be said to be invincible at sea, but in the absence of logistical support and replenishment, the fleet can not support it for a long time, once the missiles are used up, the warship is equivalent to a living coffin at sea, and in addition to the missile factor, with the maintenance technology of this era, these warships can not last a few years, so it is necessary to use the warships of this era in the end.

In the battle to attack Dagukou, the crossing fleet could have sunk the Orlando and the Lufthansa, but in the end it tried to persuade the two warships to surrender, hoping to form a fleet composed of warships of this era as soon as possible. Although the navy is the main force of the fleet, the warships of this era and the modern warships are two completely different weapons, and the naval soldiers who cross the fleet want to learn to sail the warships of this era, and it will take quite a while, and although the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division is not very good, they are familiar with the warships of this era, which is exactly what the fleet needs.

While thinking, Qin Zheng followed the soldiers who delivered the message to the barracks at Dagukou.

The barracks at the mouth of Dagu are just behind the fort, consisting of more than ten rows of long houses, the houses are wooden structures, about five to six meters wide, about forty or fifty meters long, two or three of them have iron bars on the doors and windows, and there are soldiers guarding the crossing fleet at the door, which should be the position where the prisoners are held. And it seems that there are still many idle houses, so it seems that the soldiers of the Marine Corps do not need to live in tents after they go ashore, and it is certainly more comfortable to live in houses than tents.

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